This was the contention of that French moralist Jean de La...

NAMES AND FACES - INFORMED SOURCE

May 20, 1993|By L.M. Boyd

This was the contention of that French moralist Jean de La Bruyere: ''Most men spend the first half of their lives making the last half miserable.''

To say some horse owners take better care of their horses than their matrimonial mates is a bit harsh. But one research team implied as much. After a study, it said the typical horse owner, male or female, tends to be quiet, thoughtful and strong in action. But oftentimes shows more caring warmth in the barn than in the bedroom.

The three closest national neighbors of the United States are Canada, Mexico and . . . what's the third? Say Russia, only three miles off Alaska's Little Diomede Island.

In the highly civilized societies of the distant past, if clothes were made without pockets, the men carried purses.